metropolis vs Almaty

metropolis and Almaty both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
metropolis	Yes	No	No	No
Almaty	Yes	No	No	No

metropolis (noun)	Almaty (noun)
people living in a large densely populated municipality	the largest city in Kazakhstan and the capital until 1998
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts